‘Eliminate Every Superfluous Word’

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s new documentary, Hemingway, dramatizes one of the great revolutions in the history of American literature.

The Tyranny of Diversity Training

America is exporting its Calvinistic tendencies to British workplaces.

Inside a Russian Penal Colony

Alexander Navalny is about to discover that the spirit of Stalin’s gulags is alive and well.

The Tyranny of Racial Groupthink

Individuals are being routinely reduced to their skin colour.

The Minds of Plants

From the memories of flowers to the sociability of trees, the cognitive capacities of our vegetal cousins are all around us.

Tucker Carlson compares Trudeau to Mussolini

Slams COVID-19 isolation facilities.

De-Alienating the West

If it’s not too late.

Why You Might want to Read Poetry Rather Than Watch the Evening News

There is an old and venerable claim made for poetry that it works its peculiar magic most strongly when people meet strain or hardship.

Every Time

China has insulted or degraded Canada on the world stage.

The Autopsy of Jihadism in the United States

America’s jihadists were never an immigration problem. The biggest jihadist terror threat US faces today is ‘homegrown.’

Canada’s Nursing Homes

Have the worst record for COVID-19 deaths among wealthy nations.

The Invisible Asylum

Olympia, Washington, is a microcosm of the problems created by the emptying of mental hospitals.

There Will Be An Intermission

 

‘Cat-scratch’ Bacteria Linked to Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia and Bartonella infection: A pilot case–control study.

The Forgotten Medieval Fruit

With a vulgar name.